Elon Musk pledges $1 million to help build Nikola Tesla Museum

Elon Musk pledges $1 million to help build Nikola Tesla Museum

Nikola Tesla just scored a very generous birthday present. The "father of electricity" was born 158 years ago today, and several fans are trying to preserve his legacy with a museum, to be built on the site of his final laboratory in Shoreham, New York. A 2012 Indiegogo campaign helped raise more than enough to cover purchasing the land, but nowhere near the $8 million that's needed to refurbish the property and actually build a museum. Fortunately, Elon Musk, the father of the modern day Tesla, has pledged $1 million and has promised to install a superchargerin the parking lot. That's still not enough to complete the project, but you can help out by making your own contribution here.